Window-screen



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SPECIFICATION' forming part of Letters Patent No. 293,082, dated February 5, 1854.

Application med November 12, 1ste. (No moan.)

To all whom it may concer/t: i

, Be itknown that l, GEORGE L. REYNOLDs, of Orange Valley, in the county of Essex and State` of New: Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vindow- Screens; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description ofthe invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to whi'chfit appertains to make and use the saine, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,wl1ichform a part of this specification, and in which- Figure l is a perspective view of a window frame and saslies provided with my improved roller-screens. Figs. 2 and 3 are detailviews of the frames for the ripper and lower rollers. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal vertical section of the roller. Fig. 5 is a view of the outside of the same, and Figs. 6 and 7 are detail views.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the iigures.

My invention has relation to roller-screens for windows adapted to havethe rollers journaled in the upper end of the window-frame and in the lower end of the lower sash,`and having the lower ends of the screens secured to the upper end of theupper sash and to the lower end of the `frame, being an i improvement upon the window-screen for which Letters Patent No.268,125 were granted to ine on the 28th day of November, 1882, and it consists in the improved construction and combination of parts of the same, as hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter A indicates thewindow-franic; B, the upper, and C the` lower sash, which may be of any desired construction and pattern, and which maybe provided with any approved const-ruction of sash-balance.

A frame consisting` of two side pieces, D, secured to the inner sides of the window- `frame, and a cross-piece, E, secured at its ends to the middle of the side pieces, is secured in the 'upper end of the frame, and is provided -at one end with a perforation, F, inwhich a pivot, G, secured in one end of the spring-` roller H, turns inthe upper portion of one of the side pieces, while the upper end of the other side piece is provided with an inwardly- A projecting flat lug, I, which is adapted'to enter a corresponding recess in the other end of the spring-roller, the roller turning in the space between the upper end of the frame and the cross-piece, and the screen J passing down upon one side of the cross-piece.

The roller consists of two sleeves,'K and L, of sheet metal, united by means of a round stick, M, inserted into their ends. and the one K of the sleeves has a block, N, inserted into lits outer end, into `which the end of the pivot G is secured, while the other sleeve contains `the spring mechanism. This spring .mechanism consists of a short spindle,`0, having a traverse slot or I recess, P, in one end,"and forming a socket, Q,in the other end. The 4redueedend of a spindle, It, fits and turns in this socket, while the other end of the spindle, which is longer than the socketed spindle, has a transverse slot or recess, S, into which slot one end of the spiral spring T is inserted, while4 its other end is inserted into the slot in the end of the short spindle, so that the spring may be wound or unwound upon the long spindle by turning the same. A cap or socket, U, :tits upon the end of the long spindle, and has a transverse slot in its-head,

Vinto which l theiiat lugI at th'eupper end of l Athe supporting-frame lits, and has two inwardly-projecting lugs, V, one at each end of the slot, which project into the transverse slot in the end of the long spindle, so that the spindle may be held from turning, while the roller and the short spindle, which are secured inside the sleeve, are revolved by the screen, which is wrapped around the roller in such a manner that the spring willbe wound when the screen is drawn down, reversing the roller, when the screen is allowed to be rolled up again. The sleeves have a series of slots or holes, IV, forming tongues X, projecting into the slots and all pointing in one direction, as shown in Fig. 5, and the screen-cloth is secured to the roller by turning all the tongues outward,plac ing the upper edge of the screen upon the roller,with the tongues projecting through the meshes of the screen, and thereupon bending the tongues back againin their former position,when they will hld the upperedge of the screen perfectly secure. `The roller for the lower screen is journaled in a casing,Y, at the l lower edge of the lower sash,which casing may either be rectangular, .formed of sheet metal,

and secured to the lower end of the sash, in-

5 closing the roller from four sides, the roller being journaled in the same manner as the upper roller in the end pieces of the frame, or

vthe casing may be only covering one side and the ends when the lower end of the sash is cut 1o away to form a recess, one side of which projects downward, forming one side oftheirame,

inside which the roller is journaled. The

lower edge of the screens is secured in a ilat bar, Z, consisting of an upper and a lower i5 strip, a and I), the outer edges of which are doubled inward, securing them together,while the inner edges are bent upward, and the edge c of the lower strip doubled downward again,

with the lower edge of the screen doubled under the same and clamped by it. The ilat bar formed by these two strips is provided with two orA more longitudinal slots, d, decreasing in width toward oncend, adapted to receive turn-buttons Le, which may pass through the slot-s and be turned to bear across them, and

which are pivotcd upon the upper edge of the upper sash and upon the lower end of the Cframe, serving to hold the lower edges of the screens fast, while the screens may be rolled 3o upon and unrolled from their respective rollers as the sashes are raised or lowered, the

screens covering the space left open by the sashes, and thus preventing ilies and other insects from entering through the windows while 3 5 the windows maybe opened allowing fresh air to enter.4 The ends of the sleeves forming the rollers a e provided with tongues f, being in a line with the tongues in the perforations,

which tongues serve to hohl the screen in the 4o same manner as the other tongues at the ends of the rollers.

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent ol" the United Statesl. A roller for screens or curtains, consisting oi' one ormore sheet-metal sleeves having a series of slots or perforations having tongues projecting from one edge of the said slots or perforations and pointing in one direction across the roller, as and for the plrposeshown and set forth.

2. The combination of a tubular roller, a short spindle secured inside the tubular roller and forming a socket at one end and having a transverse slot in the other end, a long spindle turning with its reduced end in the socket of the short spindle and having a transverse slot in its other end, a spiral spring wound around the spindles and havingits ends inserted into the transverse slots, a cap or socket having a transverse slot in its head fitting over Y the end of the long spindle, and having two inwardly-projecting lugs project-ing into the transverse slot of the spindle, andailatlug secured to the window-f rame and proj ecting into the slot in the cap, as and for the purpose shown and set forth.

3. The bar at thelowcr edge of asereen, consisting of two flat strips of metal united at their inner edges by being doubled back together, having their outer edges bent upward, and having the outer edge of the lower strip doubled downward again, in combination with the lower edge of a screen or curtain inserted between the outer edges of the strips and doubled under the-outer doubled edge ofthe lower strip, as and for the purpose shown and set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereunto affixed my signaturein presence of two witnesses.

GEO. L. REYNOLDS.

lVitnesses:

JOHN McLoRInAX, J. C. Nnrrnnsnir. 

